458,000
Equivalent Homes
CLEAN, NON-POLLUTING ENERGY
Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all
1 in 8 people still do not have access to electricity. In order to ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all, it is necessary to increase the use of renewable energy from 25 % today to 38 % in 2025.
ACCIONA is positioning itself as a key player in addressing the growth in energy demand while curbing the progress of global warming and promoting the transition to a decarbonized energy model.
CLIMATE ACTION
Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
The generation and use of energy is responsible for 74 % of total greenhouse gas emissions in the world. This activity is the largest contributor to global warming. Investment in renewable energy, energy efficiency and other low carbon technologies will continue to be essential to meet the new needs of humanity and to minimise their negative impact on the environment.
ACCIONA considers the fight against climate change and its related effects to be a strategic priority. The Company is working to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions in order to contribute to the progress of society and respond to the main challenges of sustainable development in the areas of infrastructure, water and energy, leading the transition to a low-carbon economy.
In September 2018, ACCIONA finished commissioning its fifth owned wind farm in Mexico. Built in 15 months, El Cortijo is a 183-megawatt (MW) power plant located in the state of Tamaulipas and involves an investment of 235 million dollars.
El Cortijo was the first renewable project to begin construction among those resulting from the electricity auctions held in Mexico within the framework of the Energy Reform and has been the first one to be completed too. Located 40 kilometers south of Reynosa, it features 61 AW125/3000 wind turbines of Nordex Acciona Windpower technology. Once in service, it will generate enough clean energy to meet the power demand of 458,000 Mexican homes, avoiding the emission of over 429 thousand tonnes of CO2 to the atmosphere annually.
GENERAL INFORMATION
- Location: Reynosa, Tamaulipas. Mexico.
- Capacity: 183 MW.
- Wind turbine: Nordex ACCIONA Windpower AW125/3000.
- Tower: Concrete, 120-meter hub height
- Start up: September 2018.
- Ownership: ACCIONA.
KEY ASPECTS
- Investment of 235 millon dollars.
- Made up of 61wind turbines.
- Rotors with 125m diameter on 120m high concrete towers (at hub level)
- First renewable project to be started and finished among those resulting from the Mexico's Energy Reform
- Clean energy output equivalent to the power demand of 458,000 Mexican homes.
- 366,000 tonnes of CO2 avoided each year.
- Contribution of around 232 million US dollars to Mexico’s GDP during its working life, according to a socioeconomic impact study.
- More than 400 people working during peak times
- The project includes the laying of 173 km of cables, 12,802 cubic meters of concrete, 43 km of tracks and 1,456 special transports
Key figures
183
megawatts (MW)
458,000
Mexican equivalent households
61
wind turbines of 3 MW nominal unit capacity
429,000
of tons of CO2 into the atmosphere avoided
+400
created during construction
232
millions of $ to the Mexican GDP
How do we install a wind turbine?
Technology and innovation
GREENCHAIN®
We provide our customers with real-time traceability of energy from our renewable generation plants and storage systems to their points of consumption. This information is not only integrated in an interface that our customers can use to visualize or download the data or display dynamically in their facilities as a marketing tool, but it is also recorded in blockchain to increase transparency. The I'MNOVATION Startups program was the umbrella under which the first pilot for this solution was developed.
Turbine for life
Project that contributes to increasing the useful life of wind turbines, to knowing the state of the fleet and to detecting abnormal behaviour in order to optimise the management and the costs of operation and maintenance of the assets.
For the analysis of the remaining life of the structural components, work is being done on developing physical models. To predict failures in Acciona's wind turbine fleet, work is being done along two lines: the development of WindBrain® to detect abnormal behaviour, and the use of Machine Learning to identify failure patterns in wind components.